Car-mover.



A. 1. MAINE.

CAR MOVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I7, 1915.

Patented Jan.1,1918.

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ANDREW J. MAINE, OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN.

CAR-MOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed May 17, 1915. Serial No. 28,530.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. MAINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Appleton, county of Outagamie, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Movers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car movers.

One object of my invention is to provide convenient means for varying the leverage, whereby comparatively light cars may be rapidly moved and whereby the same tool may also be adapted for moving heavy cars more slowly and with ample power, the readjustment of the mover for either purpose being quickly and easily accomplished.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive structure with a minimum number of parts, durability and efficiency being taken into consideration.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the wheel engaging end of my improved main operating lever with the load engaging end partially broken away in longitudinal section to show the wheel engaging nose block and its retaining means.

Fig. 2 is a plan v1ew of the pinch bar or rail shoe, with the operating lever removed and showing one of the connecting member in position.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my improved car mover adjusted for moving a heavy car, with dotted lines indicating its adjustment for moving a light car.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view, drawn on line wa2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View, drawn on line y g of Fig. 1.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

The lower or wheel engaging end portion 1 of the main operating lever is longitudinally shouldered at 2 along each side, the portion 3 below these shoulders 2 being narrower than the portion 1 and provided with serrations or teeth 4 along each side surface and underneath the shoulder 2. The portion 3 is also provided with a longitudinally extending slot 5 through which a connecting fulcrum bolt or pin may pass. Near the front end or nose of the portion 1, a socket 7 J is provided, the walls of the socket being under-cut at 8. A hearing block of hardened steel 9 is fitted to the socket 7 except at the inner end of the socket, where an opening is provided through which molten metal may be poured into the channel 8. The member 9 is provided with a corresponding channel 8, whereby molten metal hardened in the channels 8 and 8 will form a retaining key for the bearing member 9, the opening through which the metal is poured being also filled with the molten metal which hardens and forms the key filling 10. These fillings may easily be melted out and the bearing members 9 removed and replaced regardless of rust and other conditions which make the removal of connecting bolts diflicult. A ferrule 11 at the other end of the portions 1 and 3 is rigidly connected with these portions and provides a socket to receive an ordinary wooden handle 12.

A shoe or pinch bar let is provided with rail biting fulcrum blocks 15 socketed in its under surface, said blocks being slipped into position from the sides of the member 1a and held therein by ear plates 16 which interlock with the shoe at 17 and project above the pinch bar 1d. The ear plates are suitably apertured to receive pivot studs 18 mounted on the connecting members 20. The ear plates are secured to the shoe 1d not only by the interlocking port-ion 17 but also by bolts 19.

Each side of the shoe 14 is provided with an ear plate 16 and each side of the member 3 of the main operating lever is provided with a connecting member 20, having at its lower end an outwardly projecting pivot stud 18. These connecting members 20 extend longitudinally along the member 3 directly underneath the shoulder 2, and at their upper ends they are provided with in wardly projecting teeth 23 which engage between the teeth 4; of the member 3, said teeth 4 being preferably located in a recessed portion of th member 3, whereby the connecting members 20 may closely fit against the side walls of the member 3 and bear upon the under surface of the shoulder 2. A connecting bolt 25 passes through one of the members 20 and has screw threaded engagement with the other, the bolt passing through the slot 5 in the portion 3 of the main operating lever,'whereby the connecting members 20 are secured in position under the shoulders 2 and against the sides of the mem bers 3.

By loosening the bolt 25 sufficiently to allow members to separate from the side walls of member 3 until the teeth 23 disengage from the teeth A, it is obvious that the main actuating lever may be moved longitudinally and the teeth 23 engaged between any two of the teeth 4, thereby lengthening or shortening the load end of the main 20 therefore move with the main operating lever in the same manner as if integrally connected therewith, the only relative movement taking place during readjustment as above described.

I claim- 1. A car mover including the combination with'a shoe adapted to rest upon a railway rail, and a main operating lever, of a set of connecting members adapted for interlocking engagement with the main operating lever at a plurality of points and also adapted for pivotal engagement with the shoe, substantially as described.

2. A main operating lever for car movers provided with fulcrum pivot members longitudinally adjustable thereon and having arms interlocked in grooves in the sides thereof.

3. A main operating lever for car movers provided with fulcrum pivot memberslongitudinally adjustable thereon, each of said fulcrum members including a connecting bar adapted for interlocking engagement with the lever, in combination with clamping means for securing said connecting member to the main lever in different positions of longitudinal adjustment.

4:. A car mover including a main operating lever having its respective sides provided near one end with a plurality of teeth arranged in longitudinally extending sets, in combination with a set of connecting members provided with fulcrum pivots and having teeth adapted for interlocking engagement with the teeth on the main lever in various positions of longitudinal adjustment.

5. A car mover including a main operating lever havingv its respective sides provided near one end with a plurality of teeth arranged in longitudinally extending sets, in combination with a set of connecting members provided with fulcrum pivots and having teeth adapted for interlocking engage- .ment with the teeth on the main lever in various positions of longitudinal adjustment, said main operating lever being provided with a longitudinally extending shoulder on each side over-hanging the connecting member.

6. A car mover including a main operat ing lever having its respective sides provided near one end with a plurality of teeth arranged in longitudinally extending sets, in combination with a set of connecting members'provided with fulcrum pivots and having teeth adapted for interlocking engagement with the teeth on the main lever in various positions of longitudinal adjustment, said main operating'lever being provided with a longitudinally extending shoulder on each side overhanging the connecting member and also having a slot through which a clamping bolt passes, said olampingbolt being adapted to bind the connecting members to the main lever. i

7. In a car mover the combination of a main lever provided with overhanging longitudinally extending ledges on each side of its lower end portion and having a longitudinally extending slot therethrough underneath said ledges, a set of connecting members adapted to fit the main lever underneath said ledges, a connection extending through said slot and adapted to secure the connecting members together, and fulcrum members carried by said connecting members.

8. A car mover lever provided with a socketed wheel engaging nose portion, a bearing block seated in said socket, the walls of said bearing block and socket being formed to receive an interlocking body of metal and a molded body of metal in said socket in interlocking relation to the wallsthereof and to the side wall of the bearing member, whereby the latter may be released by melting out the key filling. i v

In testimony whereof I aiiix'my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. ANDREW J-(MAINE. l/Vitnesses i F. C. KRUEGER, OT'roA. BIsoHEL.

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